MEDIA ALERT: Peel Paramedics Deliver Gifts to Peel Children's Centre

WHAT:The service will deliver ambulances filled with toys for children at Peel Children’s Centre (PCC). Media will be able to interview the paramedics and PCC staff once the toys have been unloaded.

WHY:The Peel Paramedic Service and Association partner each year for a Christmas toy drive and chose to give the toys to Peel Children’s Centre – an organization committed to children that provides services for children/youth under 18 who are experiencing serious mental health challenges annually.

PCC is a fully accredited, charitable, not-for-profit children’s mental health centre that has served Peel since 1985. Each year PCC provides 6,650 services free-of-charge for children/youth under age 18, and their families, who are experiencing serious mental health challenges such as aggression, defiance, impulsivity, anxiety, depression, attachment disorder, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and self-harm. For more information, visit www.peelcc.org.

Peel Paramedics respond to more than 85,000 emergency medical calls every year. For more information about Peel Regional Paramedic Services visit peelems.ca, call 905-791-7800, ext. 3956 and follow them on twitter at twitter.com/peel_paramedics.